Registered charity · Kent
Improbable
- 9 trustees
- Income £549k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Erica WhymanChair · since 2024
- Benjamin YeohTrustee · since 2022
- Heather DavenportTrustee · since 2024
- Helen AnglimTrustee · since 2024
- Neha IdnaniTrustee · since 2024
- Patrick HandleyTrustee · since 2023
- Pauline MayersTrustee · since 2019
- Stephen DaldryTrustee · since 2014
- Yusuf SubzposhTrustee · since 2024
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Throughout England, United States
- Website
- www.improbable.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Improbable
- Registered
- 2014
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£549k£538k
- 2024£632k£633k
- 2023£549k£577k
Earlier years
- 2022£398k£455k
- 2021£470k£309k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 41%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE THE ARTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROMOTION IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, OF THE ART OF DRAMA.
Grants received
6 grants · £363,457 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £220,517
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £115,000 (2 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £20,000 (2 grants)
- Cripplegate Foundation · £7,940
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
9 trustees on the board
- Erica Whyman Chair since 2024
- Benjamin Yeoh since 2022
- Heather Davenport since 2024
- Helen Anglim since 2024
- Neha Idnani since 2024
- Patrick Handley since 2023
- Pauline Mayers since 2019
- Stephen Daldry since 2014
- Yusuf Subzposh since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Pauline Mayers since 2019
- Stephen Daldry since 2014
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Heather Davenport since 2024
- Helen Anglim since 2024
- Neha Idnani since 2024
- Patrick Handley since 2023
- Pauline Mayers since 2019
- Yusuf Subzposh since 2024
Portfolio (3)
- Erica Whyman Chair since 2024
- Benjamin Yeoh since 2022
- Stephen Daldry since 2014
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
5.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 3.3 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1155695
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 07 JUN 2013
- Companies House
- Company number 08561272 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02072404556 · office@improbable.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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